Tourist attractions Berlin

Museums and art

Invalidenstr. 50-51 D - 10557 Berlin

Closed down in 1884, the Hamburg station was endowed with a metal roof to house the Transport and Building Museum. Today, it houses the Museum of Modern Art. The heart of the collection comes for the most part from funds left by Erich Marx. In the gr..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Oranienburgerstraße D - 10117 Berlin

This fashionable street in the alternative Kreuzberg district in the heart of old Berlin is dotted with cafés, clothes' shops, second-hand goods' stores and Turkish bazaars. Note the two beautiful inner courtyards and their façades at n°s 25 and 183.

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Prenzlauer Allee D - 10405 Berlin

A refuge for artists during the post-war period, then a bastion of alternative culture and political activism after the Wall came down, this district has gradually been restored and is now popular with middle-class bohemians. The peaceful streets, li..

Museums and art

Monbijou Brücke D - 10117 Berlin

Built in 1904, this museum occupies a magnificent building designed by Ernst Eberhardt von Uhne. The main body of the building consists of columns and pilasters crowned with a balustrade adorned with figures and a copper dome. Reopened in 2006, the r..

Nature and gardens

Weg Kronprinzessinnenweg 120 D - 14129 Berlin

In the 16C this 3,100-ha forest planted with different species was a hunting reserve for the elector princes. To the east, the forest is bordered by a string of small lakes dotted here and there with residential districts. On the edge of the Grunewal..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Onkel-Tom-Str. D - 14169 Berlin

Designed to house 15,000 people, this housing estate built by Martin Wagner between 1926 and 1932 is one of the best examples of a garden city in Berlin. Laid out around an underground railway station (U-Bahn) with a shopping centre and cinema, the h..

Nature and gardens

Straße des 17. Juni D - 10557 Berlin

This large park near the Kulturforum and Potsdamer Platz was laid out in 1650 by Elector Frederick III and later redesigned by Frederick the Great. Its trees were used as firewood during the two harsh winters following the Second World War. Trees wer..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Pfaueninsel D - 14109 Berlin

This castle (1794-97) was built to resemble a ruin in the style which was fashionable at the beginning of the Romantic period. The drawing rooms with their parquet floors and wood panelling house mementoes of Queen Louise who used to enjoy staying on..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Pariser Platz D - 10117 Berlin

This triumphal gate is now the emblem of Berlin but for nearly three decades it was a symbol of the divided city: the monument used to be an integral part of the Berlin Wall, which ran north-south towards Potsdamer Platz. Built by Carl Gotthard Langh..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Unter den Linden D - 10117 Berlin

Welcome to Berlin's equivalent of the Champs-Elysées! Unter den Linden ("Under the Lime trees") is the most famous avenue in the city, laid out by the Great Elector Frederick William in 1647. Its fine palaces were carefully restored by the ..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Gendarmenmarkt D - 10117 Berlin

Gendarmenmarkt square has an attractive Italian feel, with the domes of the French church and the German cathedral facing each other across the square. The magnificent neo-Classical theatre built by Schinkel stands in the centre of the esplanade. The..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Unter den Linden 2 D - 10117 Berlin

This Baroque edifice, without doubt the most beautiful in Berlin, was built between 1688 and 1730 by the great architects Jean de Bodt, Martin Grünberg and Johann Arnold Nering. In the inner courtyard, note the 22 mascarons of dying warriors sculpted..

Museums and art

Bodestr. 1-3 D - 10178 Berlin

This museum designed by Friedrich August Stüler exhibits 19C art. The visit starts on the upper floor, with a display of works by Goethe's contemporaries, such as Caspar David Friedrich, Blechen and Schinkel. The middle floor is dedicated to the Fren..

Museums and art

Bodestr. 1-3 D - 10178 Berlin

The Old Museum, built by Schinkel from 1824 to 1830, was the first public museum in Berlin. The 87m-long colonnade of the main façade, supported by 18 Ionic columns, is a masterpiece of neo-Classical art. The museum houses collections of archaeologic..

Museums and art

Château de Köpenick (île du Château) D - 12555 Berlin

Built between 1677 and 1681 for the future Frederick I, the restored Köpenick Palace now exhibits furniture from several different palaces. Note the Renaissance-style marquetry room from Haldenstein Palace; the Baroque mirror cabinet from Wiesentheid..

Museums and art

Potsdamer-Str. 50 D - 10785 Berlin

This building made of glass and steel (1968) by Mies Van der Rohe houses paintings and sculptures from the early 20C to the 1960s. The collection includes precursors of the German Expressionist movement, with works by the Brücke school. Cubism is als..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Spandauer-Damm 20-24 D - 14059 Berlin

Schloss Charlottenburg, the summer residence of the Hohenzollern, is one of the most beautiful buildings in Berlin, with Baroque and Rococo apartments surrounded by magnificent gardens. In the Altes Schloss, don't miss the Porcelain Room, the chapel,..

Nature and gardens

Luisenplatz D - 14059 Berlin

Queen Sophie-Charlotte had visited the gardens of Le Nôtre during a visit to France and was much impressed by his work. For this reason, Le Nôtre's pupil, Siméon Godeau, was asked to design the Schlossgarten Charlottenburg in 1697. He created a typic..

Museums and art

Trebbiner Str. 9 D - 10963 Berlin

This museum, housed on the site of the old Anhalt railway station, explores major advances in technology (e.g. television, radio etc) through interactive exhibits. The part of the exhibition dedicated to transport boasts a fine collection of locomoti..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Niederkirchnerstr. 7 D - 10963 Berlin

This neo-Renaissance building (1877-81), adorned with elegant decoration reminiscent of an Italian palazzo, is the work of Martin Gropius, the great-uncle of Walter Gropius, a leading figure of the Bauhaus movement. Once the home of the Museum of Dec..